militarize

Example Sentences

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Offering them benefits and talks has had a perverse effect, Jaramillo said, prompting them to militarize to negotiate from a position of strength.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

“We call on the Polish side not to escalate the situation and not use it to militarize the border area,” Glaz said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023

We should also be wary of governments pushing to militarize AI.

From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2023

“We’re not trying to militarize the church,” Marsh said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2022

You can make a soldier, and a good soldier, of a humorist; but you cannot militarize him.

From England and the War by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir